| Bad week for training. I’m sick with a throat infection and with no training or riding last weekend. Annoying! I will be back the saddle on Thursday for a light training in preparation for Saturday 135 kms race. In the meantime I decided to start with my good cause of the year. Every year I choose a good cause to do fundraising. This year I will stick with fundraising for the ALS foundation in Holland. And I count with your help. Take a look in the full details after the link! | Uma semana fraca em treino. Eu estou com crise de garganta e não pude treinar no fim de semana. Chato! Eu volto aos treinos na quinta-feira com um treino leve para me preparar para a corrida de sábado. Então para não ficar sem fazer nada eu decidi começar a minha campanha de doação por uma boa causa. Este ano eu decidi seguir a campanha para a fundação contra o ALS. E eu conto com sua ajuda. Dá uma olhada nos detalhes depois do link! |
Team JOS Nike Courage 2013 with JOS on top of Ventoux.
| In December last year Jos Rodermond-Durieux, a Nike colleague and cyclist, has been diagnosed with ALS, a muscle degenerating disease and given a life span of 2 to 3 years. Inspired by his fight to live with this condition a group of the Nike cycling team decided to enlist on the TOUR DU ALS and to dedicate this year L’ETAPE DU TOUR to this cause and fundraise for the ALS Foundation in Holland. The ALS Foundation is in search of support to fund the research for a cure. ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease is a muscle debilitating conditions that are fatal. Some of them are slow, like the one that the astronomer Stephen Hawking has. Others are very aggressive. But in all cases, very little research is being done and more due to the limited number of patients. A case of economics.Like the group in the above photo, my first big challenge this year will happen on May 30th when the Tour du ALS will cycle up the famous Mont Ventoux 3 times in the same day: a total of 68 kms of climbing. The second objective will be to complete the L’Etape du Tour within the time limit. This year the ride will happen on July 20th and will cover 148 kilometers across two mountains: the famous Cold du Tourmalet and Hautacan. As always a hard challenge. Our objective is to use those events to raise awareness of the disease and support the ALS foundation in The Netherlands with a big donation for the research for a cure. We started this week the FUNDRAISING and I count on your support. Any amount is welcome!!! We will fundraise until August. See on the right side how you can donate a little money and motivate us even more. Thank you!  |  FOR NIKE EMPLOYEES - You can donate directly via the Nike We Giving Portal and Nike will double your donation up to 2.500 US dollars. Search for TOUR DU ALS and follow the instructions. Click here to see access Nike We Giving NON NIKE EMPLOYEES - In case you don’t want to create an account or isn’t a Nike employee, you can still donate in two ways: 1. Directly to my bank account or to me. I will transfer the money to the Nike Foundation portal which will double my donation up to 2.500 US dollars. Which mean if I reach this value, the final donation will be 5.000 us dollars! And I will send proof of donation. See my bank details below. 2. Directly to the Tour du ALS website. Click here to see details. Important: Nike will NOT double payments done in this way. Click here to see details of the Tour du AlS foundation Name: Wagner Costa Please let me know via email your donation and write ALS on the description of your donation! |
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